Mercury Rising Featured
Midlife—when the magic really begins… Happy Birthday and hello Mid-life crisis to me. At forty-five, I thought life was over. Dead-end job, empty nest...it was just me and the cat. But when I lost my house and moved in with my senior citizen mom—that was the icing on my cake. Then, out of nowhere ...
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On New Year’s Eve in The Sisters, Texas, anything is possible. Madison and Brash deCordova are hosting a masquerade party, so a bit of mystery and drama is expected. Murder, however, seems a bit drastic, even with Madison’s knack for finding dead bodies. The victim is Anastacia Rowland, owner of the ...
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Revenge Served Cold Featured
When vandals first began plaguing Skylar Bishop’s boutique winery in southeastern Arizona, she hoped it was just bored teenagers out for mischief. When it turned violent, she knew bette ...
Murder Unscripted Featured
Ginny Fellows is a theatrical agent with a knack for drama—though she prefers it to stay on-screen. Living in the charming English town of Shepton Rise, she represents a unique group of actors: “The Dead Actors.” Each of her quirky clients gained fame for their on-screen deaths, bu ...
Step inside the Elizabethan playhouse where mysteries abound. Who is performing murders on stage? Why would someone kidnap a young apprentice actor? Would the players rebel against the Queen? In the heart of the 17th-century playhouse district, Sara Watson is no stranger to blood and mayhem as the p ...
A Witchy Mistake Featured
A high school nemesis. A misuse of powers. An Unexpected Consequence. Sixteen-year-old Charley Cooper is furious when her cousin Danu uses her powers to get back at a high school nemesis without considering the consequences. When someone attacks the other girl and she ends up in a coma, Danu become ...
Without a Shadow of Doubt Featured
Find the cat. Crack the case.
“For readers who love mysteries that don’t rely on gore or shock value, Without a Shadow of Doubt hits the sweet spot—clean, clever, and character-driven.” — Los Angeles Book ...
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Death in the Cards Featured
There's never a dull moment in Willows Bend these Days! Heather Stanton and her Aunt Julia are making a home for themselves in the small town of Willows Bend as Julia works to complete her community service hours. But dark secrets from her past are about to catch up to her. Julia's unscrupulous e ...
The Fire Diamond Featured
The Fire Diamond
A Gem Hunter’s Mystery
Every diamond has a story… and some are worth killing for.
Taylor Hunter has built her career on recovering the world’s rarest jewels, but when Sun ...
The Crone's Curse Featured
In this 2nd book of the Willows Bend Cozy Mystery series, Heather Stanton’s aunt’s past is slowly catching up to her. Julia had always run away from situations she chose not to deal with, but running these days is impossible since she’s stuck in a small town doing community service. Ever since He ...
Cozy Mysteries in a Small Town Where Everyone Is Having a Worse Holiday Than You Young attorney JD Thompson looks forward to a quiet Thanksgiving week when a raging storm floods Central Texas, confining him and his partners to the Victorian mansion where they work and live. The fine print of thei ...
A Bloody Banquet Featured
Now you see a murder, now you don't...
The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. It's the annual Awards Banquet at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, and Vivian Steele can’t wait for the star-studded event. She’s attending with her best friend, Carole Lombard, a ...
Jingle Bells, Rifle Shells Featured
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…Rifle Shells? Blind private investigator Steve Smiley and his partner hear a rifle shot. Hordes of Christmas shoppers scatter. A famous big-game hunter drops to the sidewalk. They grab the beautiful teen who was arguing with the man and flee to safety. The girl, the vic ...
Even a well-planned vacation can go astray… With week-long plans at the beach, Brash deCordova makes it clear to his wife Madison: no snooping, no stirring up trouble, and absolutely no mysteries. This week is about resting, relaxing, and spending time with family. They’re staying at The Mermaid’s ...
The Mystery Next Door Featured
Oak Harbor is a 168 year old plantation house in North Carolina that has been shrouded in mysteries since it was built. Millions of dollars have been stolen from the family trust. Murder, suicide, and violent death has stocked each generation that has owned the old estate. Some long-term residents b ...
Love is a Dam Mystery Featured
A quiet new chapter disrupted by a submerged skeleton. Facing cryptic clues and falling for a mysterious man, can she solve a puzzling cold case? Aubrie Ann Anderson is brimming with excitement. Putting her librarian days behind her after inheriting her aunt’s 500-acre lakeside estate, she dreams ...
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Death by Chocolate Featured
Lindsay’s only secret is the recipe for her chocolate chip cookies, but she is surrounded by people with deadly secrets. Suddenly she finds herself battling poisoned chocolate, a psycho stalker, and a dead man who seems awfully active for a corpse. She will need more than a chocolate fix to survi ...
Assault & Gobblery Featured
Vet tech Mitchell Morales seeks Lily’s help for a fowl problem. A wild turkey has taken up residence near a community garden. Tensions flare between the folks who see the turkey as a cool mascot, and those who find him a nuisance.
When Mitchell doesn’t show up for work the sta ...
Hallow: A Fractured Family Tale Featured
Family: What you don't know can kill you. As the holiday season rolls in—fall holidays, that is, from High Holy Days to Thanksgiving—young attorney JD Thompson basks in his life in a small Texas town where he and his ABBA tribute band roommates live with the seventy black cats that his veterinari ...
Fashion victims and fabulous felines – can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe discover who killed a local fashion designer? While serving plenty of cupcakes and coffee, of course! Lauren Denman, cupcake baker and owner of the Norwegian Forest Cat Café, along with her fur baby Annie, and her cousin and assistant ...
The Amish Widow's Last Stitch Featured
Lizzie Yoder has always lived by the rules. As a devoted Amish woman, she finds solace in her faith, family, and grandmother’s cherished yarn shop, Simply Yarn. But when her grandmother, Widow Yoder, dies under suspicious circumstances, Lizzie’s peaceful life is turned upside down.
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Murder Pays a Call Featured
When personal concierge Keri Armstrong swings by her favorite client’s mansion to drop off groceries, she expects a heartfelt chat along with a cup of tea—not Fiona Sullivan dead in bed and her room ransacked. Though police chalk it up to a botc ...
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Reduced Ransom Featured
Reduced Ransom! The first book in the Hotshot series from Mike Faricy. FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
Mickey and Dell, two long-suffering halfwits, come up with the idea of kidnapping at a bargain basement price. What could possibly go wr ...
Cozy up in a comfy chair, here are 7 full-length cozy mysteries for you to binge-read!
In the picturesque town of Sparrow Haven, tranquility is shattered, and mysteries are found around every corner.
Olivia Harper, the town’s insightful l ...
Frost on the Bloom Featured
In Frost on the Bloom, the second in the Holly & Ivy mystery series, one of Holly’s former students, Becky Powell, asks the look-alike sisters for help when they all spend Christmas at Skyview Manor, and Becky becomes the prime suspect in the attempted murder of her manipulative grandmother, Lyl ...
The Girl Who Killed You Featured
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant - the most fun you can have holding a Kindle Reader!
When Mick and his retired military gun-for-hire “fixer” service is hired by a United States Senator to find his missing so ...
Senior Martha, her fluffy white puppy Teddy, and their roomie Pru, who is an assistant librarian, meet Chantal the fortune teller in the small Californian town of Gold Leaf Valley. Pru is reluctant to get her fortune told, but Martha can’t wait! When they stumble across a dead body outside the se ...
Tour guide and amateur sleuth Lana Hansen is back on the road! And where Lana travels, trouble is sure to follow…
When Lana’s boyfriend, Alex Wright, gets into a jam during his first tour as a guide for Wanderlust Travels, Lana is sent to Costa Rica to help out.
Yet nothing cou ...
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My name is Naida Griffith and I’m a sorceress. I actually found that out not too long ago. I’ve lived with an undefined something burning in my belly for a while, feeling as if something wasn’t quite right under my skin. Then, on my eighteenth birthday I started getting headaches. Bad ones. And rand ...
Death in Paris Featured
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WINNER of the 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze - the IPPY - Best Mystery & Thriller eBookMàiri Maguire teaches in top schools all over the world, but on days like today she wishes she had never left Glasgow! 8:10 a.m. on 15t ...
Fungi Foul Play Featured
Can Anne help her friend or is Hope hiding something? Newlywed Anne is dismayed with tensions running high with her friend, Hope. When tongues start wagging and fingers point toward Hope’s shop being connected with a recent suspicious death, Anne must help her friend before she loses everything. ...
Aussied to Death Featured
A REMOTE ISLAND, A MURDER, AND A HUSBAND IN CUFFS… What’s not to love about an exotic honeymoon on a remote Australian island known for a legendary hidden treasure? Cat Wright is all in, until she arrives at Canine Cay and the Great Dingo Spirit speaks to her. Forget hunting for the treasure. Her ...
A Not So Shocking Murder Featured
First, no coffee. Then a dead guy. This is one killer vacation.
I thought being forced into a Mother’s Day trip with my entire family on the Oregon Coast was bad. Then came the dead bodies.
Turns out Mom’s cozy vacation spot kept its high murder count a secret.
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Cavaliered to Death Featured
Once bit, forever shy. Can she make it through a matted mess of missing dogs to catch a deadly criminal? A feline loving investigative reporter living in the dog friendliest city in America, what can go wrong during dog show week when the quaint seaside town turns dog-eat-dog? Cat can almost handle ...
The Lavender Thief Featured
Have you ever had a day that made you want to curl up with coffee and essential oils? Me too, but all I get is a body in the stairwell, and a handsome detective who makes putting a full sentence together an impossibility.
Someone is after my beloved ess ...
In The Wedding Planner’s Secret, Molly Harrington, co-owner of Harrington House Bed-and-Breakfast, becomes entangled in a murder mystery after discovering the wedding planner's lifeless body in the rose garden during a country club e ...
Shelby Wolfe’s life has gotten complicated—two eccentric aunts, too many attractive men, and too many roommates—both living and dead. It’s winter in Goose Lick, and Shelby Wolfe is settling into her new home. Chief Jebediah Carpenter doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move on, but when Lillian Ha ...
A stitch in time saves lives… When Eva Perkins, Annalise Jordan, Jennifer Ryder, and Sarah Pascal start a quilt club, the last thing they expect to be discussing at their meetings is their paranormal abilities. Even less likely—using them to find a killer. But when Jennifer finds her great-aunt S ...
Aos Si Featured
Life has never been better for Tommy. His PI business is booming, and he has finally changed his status from it's complicated to in a relationship with Alvilde, the crime scene investigator.
When Alvilde picks him up on Halloween and drives him into the Norwegian woods, the last thing ...
History, Mystery, Murder Featured
Maggie Quinlan has hit rock bottom. A failed marriage to an abusive ex, the termination of yet another job, and the sudden death of her beloved father—what more could happen? After her beautiful and wealthy cousin, Angelique, has everyone’s DNA tested and the cousins find which historical family the ...
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The Maid Featured
The Maid is the 2nd book in the 'Yucky' Yates series. PI Russell 'Yucky' Yates receives a simple request from Marilyn Munroe. Investigate the man who wants to marry her daughter. Marily is not exactly as she presents herself, & Jason appears to be a nice guy. Things get crazy from there.
Every holiday season, Kiki Lowenstein plans 12 days of classes, her Holiday Craft Extravaganza. And every year, it nearly kills her.
This year is no exception. As the holiday season approaches, Kiki over-schedules herself and winds up running herself ragged. To make life even more stressful ...
Humpty Bumpkin Featured
She's just a country girl who loves her dog. But her life is about to get less countrified and more...erm...homicide. Deer Hollow is a small community built in a verdant, rolling countryside. The nearest big city is over an hour away and big city ways are rejected at the Hollow. Unfortunately, the b ...
Corgied to Death Featured
The hunt for the elusive Douglas Diamond continues with the murder of a respected centenarian who leaves Cat Wright a tell-all-diary accusing a prominent political family of a cover up that strikes at the foundation of Barkview’s elite. Has the tale of the Douglas Diamond just been an elaborate hoax ...
Pineapple House Hunter Featured
Pineapple Port Mysteries by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant, is a funny, clean, and gore-free small-town, female amateur sleuth series, but with all the pulse-pounding excitement of a detective thriller.
When Declan and his uncle Seamus find a dead woma ...
Two of a Kind - The Beginning Featured
Officer Jax Diamond doesn’t always play by the rules, and he’s in the hot seat again with the captain of his precinct. So, when a brazen little puppy alerts him of a crime, Jax is ordered to stand down or get canned. On the streets, broke and alone, Jax beats himself up for making the wrong decis ...
Relatively Risky: The Big Uneasy 1 Featured
Nell Whitby craved peace, a beignet, and a quiet sketch in the French Quarter.
Instead, she got a carjacker, a homicide detective, and a target on her back.
Children’s book author Nell moved to New Orleans to heal from loss and chase her creative dreams. But when a ...
School of Hard Knocks Featured
A daylight burglary turns to murder when Ginger Barnes’s neighborhood friend returns home at the worst possible time. Thefts and threats and wild accusations tighten tensions on otherwise peaceful Beech Tree Lane. Then elderly eccentric Letty MacNair ...
A Flair for Goblins Featured
When Sadie Kramer agrees to help decorate for San Francisco’s high-society Halloween shindig, she expects to find ghosts, skeletons, and jack-o-lanterns, not the body of the woman in charge of the event. With two detectives, a paranormal investigator turned television star, and a cauldron full ...
One of private-eye Emily Parker's friends is falling for a man she met online. When he shows up in town, all hell breaks loose. Maggie wants a husband so badly she'll overlook things her protective friends cannot. She'll learn the hard way that sometimes online dating can be murder...
Coming out of retirement can be deadly… After tragedy struck three years earlier, art sleuth Carmen De Luca vowed to never work in the field again. But fifty is too young to fill her days with water aerobics and bingo, so when her former partner calls and begs for her help, Carmen gladly agrees. ...
Luck isn’t on the menu when San Francisco writer Zoe Lewellen ditches her charmed life and returns to her hometown of Four-Leaf Clover. Everything hits the skids when Zoe discovers the town’s notorious gossip queen and cobbler baker dead on her landlady’s porch. The only clues are a half-eaten blueb ...
With less than two weeks until Christmas Cait stumbles across a man who had been washed up onto the beach. The man is very much alive, but after suffering a blow to the head, he cannot seem to remember who he is or how he came to be on the island. Cait and visiting cat Clarence set out to discover P ...
IS THIS HIT-AND-RUN AN ACCIDENT. . .OR MURDER? The police say Cate’s death is an accident, but her brother believes it was murder. Lea and her father, a former chief of police, are asked to look into the case. The suspects are plentiful. The kind of politician who gives politics a bad name, a ...
Two Dear Santa letters. One Christmas murder. Zero chance she’ll let it go.
Santa’s helper, Lucy Cooper, figured that by her second Christmas at Spruce Harbour Lodge, it would feel like home, but her past keeps tripping her up.
Especially when a heart- ...
Two botany professors with secrets to hide. A flower expert with something to prove. A dead body. Or two. Or three! Welcome to the Shellesby College greenhouse—where there’s always something dangerous blooming! Holly Jackson could be the next rising star in the botanical department at prestigious Sh ...
Cupid's Coffeeshop serves love, laughter, and happily ever after. Join us in the quaint and charming town of Ashford Falls, nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains for the heartwarming Cupid’s Coffeeshop series, featuring an entire year of couples finding their happily-ever-afters, f ...
There’s a Pig on the Playground is a nonfiction book about education. The first part is a memoir of the author’s childhood on a farm in Plaza, Washington, where she learned to read, write, and interact with others in a small two-room school. These experiences inspired her to become a teacher, a j ...
When Santa offers efficiency expert Holly Jamison a job at the North Pole, she’s delighted to accept. It’s not that she loves the Christmas holidays. Far from it. Everywhere she looks, from the piles of presents to the thousands of cheery elves hard at work, Holly sees ways to improve th ...
When Addie Keane finds a dead body at a wedding reception, her witchy senses light up in a way that cries murder. Even though the hot sheriff declares the death an accident, she suspects foul play, and if she can unravel the clues in her visions, she not only puts a murderer behind bars, she will b ...
Discovering the secrets of an old mystery in Sandy Salts, Iowa, Keilah is quickly drawn into the mystery of her elderly landlord, Dee's, younger brother who was kidnapped decades ago and never found. As Keilah digs deeper, she uncovers shocking secrets from her own past. The explosive truth Keilah ...
If curiosity killed the cat, what will it do to the Sister Sleuths? Sister sleuths Lea and Maddy are called into action when Lea’s adventurous canines discover a dead body under the pier in their beachside community. There’s no shortage of suspects since the victim was despised by several people in ...
From Book 1: USA Today bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke, brings you an unconventional sleuth hot on the heels of high-living lowlifes in book 1 of the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series. Even in a desert paradise, life is full of surprises like A Dead Husband.
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Murder, Magic & Mayhem in Good Fortune! Jessica Lavender never wanted to be a witch, but fate—and her sassy cat familiar—had other plans. Running a potion shop is challenging enough when you can barely brew a proper potion. Add in a spirited (literally) mother, an overzealous assistant, and a ...
Ally Sweet is happy to be returning for a short break to the small town where she grew up. She is planning on using the time off to get over her messy divorce and she is looking forward to spending time with her much-loved grandmother and relaxing making chocolates and anything chocolaty.
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An abandoned house, an abundance of dogs. And a dead body or two. Sheridan Hendley’s volunteer position at Pets & Paws takes a new turn when more than twenty malnourished dogs are found at a rundown house on the outskirts of town. When the body of an elderly woman is found amidst mountains of cl ...
Abigail and Hyperion uncork a murder… Tea and Tarot room owner Abigail Beanblossom is used to running interference for her socially-awkward former boss, tech billionaire Razzzor. So when he invites her on a stakeout to investigate the sale of counterfeit wine from his latest venture – an upscale win ...
Hiking in the country comes with beautiful views, unexpected encounters, and a murder victim… Cassie Alberta is loving her new life in the picturesque town of Little Leaf Creek. Living next to her stubborn next-door neighbor, two cheeky goats and a loyal collie mix means that there is never a dull m ...
“You fight back when you are turned into 'bait' for killers” When mankind reaches the stars, some things will still be the same: People still get murdered, and innocence or guilt still must be proven. When she finds the body of a retired shopkeeper on the beach, a series of mysterious events draws ...
The First Ladies Club tells the story of the first female pastor to be called to the pulpit of the struggling First Baptist Church of Bannoch, Oregon. Please let me introduce you to the charming Reverend Doctor I. Merrill Bishop, Th.D., the lead in our story. That's her, on the cover. Pastor M ...
It’s not the first time Regan has experienced déjà-vu. But when the sensation involves finding a second body buried where one was found just weeks before, déjà-vu takes on new meaning. Someone murdered a girl on her seventeenth birthday and, as Regan delves into the motive behind the girl’s murder, ...
When Father Mike holds a big garage sale at the Gold Leaf Valley church, senior sleuth Martha is keen to snap up a table. She has some odds and ends she’d like to sell, and Pru, her roommate, agrees to help. When the three of them arrive at the garage sale, they enjoy greeting their friends and n ...
Running from her past lands Kat in whole lot of trouble in the present.
DEAD IN PARADISE… A killer roams the island paradise of Key West and a lost treasure is up for grabs. The Hemingway cats, Megs and Bartholomew, think Liberty Anderson was a spy. Can Trouble rely on their ramblings to get to the facts? A dead body behind a locked door is no small feat but Trouble, th ...
While Everly's away, the sleuths will play… and naturally stumble over a body.
With Everly and Drew off honeymooning, Mooselick River enjoys a rare moment of calm—until Jacy, Neena, and Patrea sign up for a girls' night at the town's newest attraction and find themselves locked in an esca ...
Lara went to the small town of New Haven, Arizona, to confront the husband who deserted her, and to introduce him to his daughter.< ...
How did an innocent cup of coffee end up in murder? Eager to rebuild her life after a painful divorce, author Harper Rogers finds herself back in her charming hometown of Palm Park. When Harper agrees to meet an old friend for a coffee catchup, she has no idea it will stir up a dark blend of mystery ...
A blind detective. A mysterious drowning. A tangled web of secrets.
When the body of an oil magnate's son is found in the reflecting pool at a famous Texas monument, the police are quick to call it an accident or suicide. But blind former homicide detective Steve Smiley s ...
A bouquet of roses, a bottle of wine, a crystal butterfly…and a dead man.
Midnight gifts for Lindsay.
As the body count rises, Lindsay begins to see danger everywhere. Not bad enough he kills people. He also murders the English ...
Who knew knitting could be so deadly!
Former teacher turned reporter Deena Sharpe craves more adventure than covering dull city council meetings in the small town of Maycroft, Texas. But when she follows a hunch to investigate a story lead, she finds a dead body and becomes suspect number ...
Helping a friend in need could get her killed. Can she bake her way through the bedlam of bow wow biscuits to catch a murderer before he strikes again? An award-winning, dog-loving chef should’ve fit right in the dog friendliest city in America. But, murder strikes on the set of Cat Wright’s hit cab ...
A field trip to the local art museum with Mittens's rambunctious nieces takes an unexpected turn when a priceless Monet painting is stolen! With their reputations on the line, the museum leadership desperately turns to Mittens and Alex for help. Will the detectives see past the deception around them ...
Ex-cop-turned-P.I. Maggie Doyle is stuck chaperoning a group of bratty summer camp kids to an archaeological dig on Whisper Island. After a day of fart jokes, fidget spinners, and fist fights, Maggie's regretting volunteering—and then one of her feral charges discovers a skeleton. At first it looks ...
Seven-Time Amazon All Star Author with her latest book in the highly popular Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery series
Cooking is nourishing. Murder isn't. Kelly and her husband, Sheriff Mike, take a belated honeymoon and travel to a cooking school at the Castello di Nardo in Tuscany. The day after t ...
“A suspenseful and delicate walk between mystery, history, and thriller tension.” – Midwest Book Review
“Surprises around every corner.” – Readers’ Favorite
A century-old secret. Hidden letters never meant to be found.
And one journa ...
In this five-book cozy mystery box set, Becky Tibbs sees ghosts... and she is not afraid to help them! For the second box set that includes books six through ten, look for this ASIN: B08W4MRXJ2 Join Becky as she solves many mysteries in this light, clean, airy, and informative series. Fans of the te ...
Al Quinn’s plans to live a quiet retired life with wife Fergie, brother Maury and his wife Bonnie, as well as Little Al, are shattered when trespassers come onto his lakeside property at night with flashlights and a metal detector.
Book 1 on sale for $0.99: Books 2-4 on sale for $1.99! The only thing Olivia Twist wants more than her ex-fiancé is redemption. With one year left on the statute of limitations for her one-time theft, she secretly moves home to hide in plain sight as Madame Mystic, the sole psychic in Shadow Falls. ...
★★★★★ Casi McLean never fails to bring it in such enchanting ways, and her ability to put the reader smack in the middle of the action (and believe me, there’s plenty to be had here), puts her at the top of my to-read list every single time she releases a new title. ––A Kindle Customer ★★★★★ Three S ...
When you’re lucky enough to land on a project in your hometown, nothing can ruin it—right? That is, until your boss disappears and you’re given her job, the police suspect you, and the cheesemonger runs out of your favourite Gouda. When socially-awkward IT consultant Abigail Palmer is sent to wor ...
